French serial killer Charles Sobhraj, 78, known as “The Serpent”, expelled by the authorities of Nepal after spending twenty years there for the murder of two North American tourists, returned to France on Saturday morning, a- we learned from an airport source.
French serial killer Charles Sobhraj, 78, known as “The Serpent”, expelled by the authorities of Nepal after spending twenty years there for the murder of two North American tourists, returned to France on Saturday morning, a- we learned from an airport source.
Charles Sobhraj supported by border police
Suspected of around twenty murders in the 1970s in Asia, the man who inspired a series broadcast on Netflix arrived at Roissy Charles-de-Gaulle airport on board a plane from Doha (Qatar) and was immediately taken in charge by the border police for “identity checks”, according to the same source.
The serial killer claims his innocence
Charles Sobhraj must be the subject of “identity checks”, according to the airport source, who specified that he was “neither wanted nor prosecuted” in France. Once these checks are carried out, he will be able to leave the airport, she added.
On the plane taking him to Doha, where he was in transit on Friday evening, Charles Sobhraj told the AFP journalist that he was “innocent” of the crimes attributed to him.
Nepal’s Supreme Court, which ruled on his release on Wednesday, said Charles Sobhraj needed open-heart surgery and the move was in line with a Nepalese law allowing the release of bedridden prisoners who have already served three-quarters of their pain.